The main events of Thursday

On Thursday, June 21, the market will focus on the results of the meeting of the central bank of Switzerland and the UK and preliminary data on the results of the OPEC meeting.

At 01:45 – the GDP of New Zealand (q / q),  forecast  0.5%,  previous value 0.6%.

At 10:30 –  the decision of the Swiss Central Bank on the interest rate, forecast  -0.75%,  previous value -0.75%.

At 11:00 – a press conference of the National Bank of Switzerland will be held.

At 14:00 – the decision on the interest rate of the Bank of England, forecast 0.50%, previous value 0.50%.

At 15:30 –  data on the US:
– The number of initial applications for unemployment benefits in the US, forecast  223K, previous value 218K.
– Index of manufacturing activity from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (USA), forecast 28.0, previous value  34.4.
– The employment index of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (USA),  previous value 30.2.

Also at 15:30 – announced the volume of wholesale sales in Canada (m / m), forecast 0.6%,the previous value 1.1%.

Anton Hanzenko